Chalk-holder.



3 .2 7- PA TENTEDIUNHQ, 1903- v F. A. DANIELS.

OHALK HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6.1902.

1W MODEL Patented June 9, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK AUGUSTUS DANIELS, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

CHALK-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,237, dated June 9, 1903. Application filed August 6, 1902. Serial No. 118,673. (No model.)

To all whom it wmy concern:

Bewit known that I, FRANK AUGUSTUS DANIELS, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Haverhilhin the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Chalk-Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved chalk-holder adapted for use by billiard-players for holding the chalk employed for use on the cues; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

The accompanying drawing is an elevation, partly in sect-ion, of my improved chalkholder.

My improved chalk-holder comprises a single plate of spring metal 14, bent in inverted- V shape to form a pair of downwardly-diverging spring-arms 13, having their lower ends bent inwardly at substantially right angles to form toothed clamping-jaws 15, between which the chalk is inserted andheld in place. The said plate is provided at its apex with an opening for the supporting-cord, as shown, and is provided with a set-screw 16, which connects the spring-arms together near their'upper ends, and is adaptedwhen appropriately turned to draw the said arms together to securely clamp the chalk between the jaws thereof or to release the said jaws from the chalk. From the foregoing description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, it is thought the construction, mode of operation, andadvantages of my improved chalk-holder .willbe readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A chalk-holder comprising a single plate of spring metal bent in inverted-V shape to form a pair of downwardly-diverging springarms having their lower ends inturned to engage opposite sides of a piece of chalk, said plate being provided at its apex with an opening for the supporting cord and being provided with a set screw connecting the spring-arms together near their upper ends for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK AUGUSTUS DANIELS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE A. SMITH, ISADORE RHEAUME. 

